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Tuesday, as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing response to prevent the spread of Ebola to the United States, it announced travel restrictions in the form of additional screening and protective measures at U.S. ports of entry for travelers from the three West African Ebola-affected countries. These new measures will go into effect Wednesday. The Department issued this statement: "Last week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHS implemented enhanced screening measures at five airports around the country – New York’s JFK, Newark, Dulles, Atlanta and Chicago. Passengers flying into one of these airports from flights...

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Tuesday, as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing response to prevent the spread of Ebola to the United States, it announced travel restrictions in the form of additional screening and protective measures at U.S. ports of entry for...

NORFOLK — With hurricane season underway, the Fleet Weather Center at Naval Station Norfolk is busy monitoring the skies and seas from the Midwest to Europe, making sure the country's fleet steers clear of storms.
Meanwhile, Navy and Marine forces, who...

Last March, Gloucester coach Red Lindsay downplayed his team's potential for greatness. Three months later, the Dukes had won 22 games and were in the state semifinals.
Lindsay is singing the same song this year, but he might be right. Makayla Jenkins,...

If you knew a zombie virus was spreading rapidly, infecting 21 people for every infected person, what would you do? Panic? Run? But where?
"Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic," a graphic novella geared to teens and young adults prepared by the...

Here's a Q&A with the USDA relating to invasive pests and plants arriving via vessels at ports along the East Coast, including Virginia:Is Made in America even more crucial these days, when it comes to lumber and products made and grown here, in light...

Meet host Phoebus won the weather-shortened Peninsula District wrestling tournament Friday.
The Phantoms totaled 215 points, followed by Menchville at 185 1/2, Hampton at 179 1/2 and Warwick at 140 in the top four. Gloucester (127), Denbigh (124 1/2),...

Samples of drywall imported from China contained higher concentrations of elemental sulfur than non-Chinese-made drywall, according to initial report released today by a federal interagency task force.
Reports of homes containing the wallboard have...

Hampton edged Phoebus 232-223.5 to win the Peninsula District wrestling tournament Saturday afternoon.
Wrestlers from 10 high schools competed in 14 weight classes during the final day at Phoebus. The tournament was a two-day event, with competition...

The man accused of running into the White House last month after scaling the fence and evading Secret Service officers is due in federal court Tuesday.
Omar Gonzalez, 42, sought to warn the president Sept. 19 that “the atmosphere was collapsed.”...

The head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration will retire after four and a half years leading the 60,000-employee agency, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
John Pistole, who has led TSA since June 2010, has...

Medical teams at New York's JFK airport, armed with Ebola questionnaires and temperature guns, began screening travelers from three West African countries on Saturday as U.S. health authorities stepped up efforts to stop the spread of the virus. John...

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday named four people to conduct an independent review of the Secret Service after a series of security breaches including a fence jumper who got into the White House last month.
The panel...

Chicago is expected to intensify the screening of airline passengers for public health risks, specifically Ebola, in the next few days with measures that would include taking the temperatures of individuals arriving at O’Hare International Airport, city...

WASHINGTON - When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of...

Cheers to the Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General, which started an "audit" of airline frequent flyer programs. The primary focus, apparently at the urging of Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), is whether airlines are...

Roger Goodell’s mishandling of the Ray Rice domestic violence affair probably has National Football League owners weighing whether he should be replaced as commissioner, according to management and public relations experts.
“He’s in hot water, baby,”...

Three interim shelters that have housed thousands of children who have come unaccompanied to the United States from Central America will close within weeks, leading U.S. newspapers reported Monday.
More than 7,700 children have been sheltered in...

The image of Ferguson, Mo., police officers in camouflage pointing high-caliber rifles from armored vehicles at unarmed protesters has crystallized a debate over whether a decades-long flow of military-grade equipment to the nation's police departments...

An 11-year-old boy — one of hundreds who have been shuttled to an immigration detention facility in the middle of the New Mexican desert — was released this week after it was discovered that he is a U.S. citizen, according to the child's attorney.
The...